The historian and Germany expert Krzysztof Ruchniewicz is Poland’s new Commissioner for German-Polish Cooperation. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski appointed the 57-year-old to the post, the ministry announced on Platform X on Saturday. The appointment was in recognition of his „contribution to German-Polish understanding and the European idea,“ it continued. Ruchniewicz is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Wroclaw and Director of the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies there.